That's because "Bones" crashed it into a pole in the early morning hours today (Sat., May 19, 2012) in Binghamton, New York. But that's not even the worst part.

Once police arrived on the scene, Jones was arrested for driving under the influence.

Pretty serious stuff. First and foremost I'm glad no one was hurt, but you have to wonder what kind of implications this has for the UFC as well. Certainly Dana's life didn't get any easier today.

CNS

05-19-2012 02:11 PM

Just makes me like him less. For anyone questioning it, his manager already came out and confirmed he was arrested on suspicion of a DUI. So does this mean Hendo has to wait even longer for his title shot? :laugh:

Jasper

05-19-2012 02:31 PM

What a fool. Seems this'll be somewhat damaging to his talk of being such a great role model.

“We came up with a strategy to keep it clean and be sponsored by the UFC itself. I’m glad the UFC wanted to work with me as well, and I think that they trust that I’ll never make them look bad. You never have to worry about me with a DWI (driving while under the influence) or doing something crazy,” Jones explained.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snap

m9

05-19-2012 02:50 PM

I don't believe it, I'm just assuming Ricco Rodriguez was driving and switched seats with Jones.

Dumb move by Jones, hopefully nobody was hurt and his fight is still a go.

Ross Pearson got a DUI and he didn't lose his scheduled fight, so I don't think the title fight with Hendo is in any jeopardy. No question it makes the UFC look bad, but athletes get DUIs all the time, so I think the general public is pretty used to this sort of thing by now.

DeathFromAbove

05-19-2012 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killahpunk
(Post 49908177)

Time to make JDS the face of the UFC.

They already tried to make a Brazilian with poor english the face of the UFC in Anderson Silva and it didn't work out too well.

m9

05-19-2012 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGDDYKWL
(Post 49908705)

Ross Pearson got a DUI and he didn't lose his scheduled fight, so I don't think the title fight with Hendo is in any jeopardy. No question it makes the UFC look bad, but athletes get DUIs all the time, so I think the general public is pretty used to this sort of thing by now.

I think people would be more concerned about the fight being in jeopardy because of injury, not from the actual DUI.

m9

05-19-2012 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeathFromAbove
(Post 49909441)

They already tried to make a Brazilian with poor english the face of the UFC in Anderson Silva and it didn't work out too well.

Plus, there's no 'face' of the UFC. Guys get hurt, guys lose, guys get DUI's. Can't pin your hope on one guy.

They already tried to make a Brazilian with poor english the face of the UFC in Anderson Silva and it didn't work out too well.

People actually like JDS though.

ck26

05-20-2012 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m9
(Post 49911209)

Plus, there's no 'face' of the UFC. Guys get hurt, guys lose, guys get DUI's. Can't pin your hope on one guy.

If EliteXC taught us anything ...

Article I just read references a Rampage Jackson DUI in 2008 that I never heard about before now, which suggests this won't be that big a deal. Unless Jones ends up with a jail sentence, this should blow over with nothing more than personal inconvenience / expense for Jones. Glad he didn't hurt anyone.

sparr0w

05-20-2012 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ck26
(Post 49919797)

If EliteXC taught us anything ...

Article I just read references a Rampage Jackson DUI in 2008 that I never heard about before now, which suggests this won't be that big a deal. Unless Jones ends up with a jail sentence, this should blow over with nothing more than personal inconvenience / expense for Jones. Glad he didn't hurt anyone.

Granted a woman alledgedly had a miscarriage after he ran into her vehicle and he led the cops on a high-speed chase (in a monster truck with his name and picture on the side...)

The Rage

05-20-2012 10:15 AM

I think people are missing the point here. Forget about his next fight, if you are drunk enough to drive into a pole, you are drunk enough to ill somebody. I used to think little of Jon Jones haters, but this brain dead move is deserving of all of the hate in the world.